The system, called the Bankruptcy Noticing Center (BNC), produces and transmits bankruptcy notices for all federal bankruptcy courts. The platform is maintained by British multinational BAE Systems, which said it has worked closely with the Administrative Office of the U.S. There was no breach of any PII,” a spokesperson for BAE Systems told Recorded Future News.
No hackers ever took credit for the cyberattack, which was announced on October 22 and declared a “Bankruptcy Rules emergency” by federal court officials. The emergency declaration allowed bankruptcy judges to extend deadlines and issue related orders that allowed them to operate around the BNC outage. The emergency declaration lasts 90 days through January 2027 unless it is ended by court officials.
“Although BNC has announced that services are beginning to resume, we anticipate that the emergency declaration will remain necessary throughout the restoration period,” the court said. “The declaration provides important flexibility to ensure that courts can address the effects of the outage and helps protect parties from potential prejudice resulting from delayed notice and related service disruptions.”
